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· 6/3/1992

Haimes v. Mississippi Bar

Citations

  • 601 So. 2d 851
  • 1992 Miss. LEXIS 319
  • 1992 WL 118651

How courts have described this case

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  • attorney transferred $5000.00 belonging to guardianship of incompetent to personal account and paid himself unauthorized \fees\ for services rendered
  • \primary purpose of disciplinary action is to vindicate the reputation of the bar in the eyes of the public\
  • Court affirmed Tribunal's disbarment of attorney for commingling client's funds with his own, following a prior, similar offense
  • disbarment of an attorney who mishandled funds while serving as guardian for an estate
  • attorney disbarred for using guardianship funds to pay for personal expenses and failure to learn anything from previous suspension
  • “ primary purpose of disciplinary action is to vindicate the reputation of the bar in the eyes of the public”

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Judges: McRae

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